Jump to content

Chinese lizard gudgeon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chinese lizard gudgeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus: Saurogobio
Species:
S. dabryi
Binomial name
Saurogobio dabryi
Bleeker, 1871
Synonyms[2]

The Chinese lizard gudgeon (Saurogobio dabryi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.[2] found in the Amur basin to the Pearl River in China, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula. It is also found in Vietnam.[3]

Etymology

[edit]

Named in honor of Pierre Dabry de Thiersant (1826-1898), fish culturist, French counsel to China, and student of Chinese fishes, who sent specimens to the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle de Paris.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Saurogobio dabryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T166932A1153887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T166932A1153887.en. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Saurogobio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurogobio dabryi". FishBase. November 2016 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf (24 January 2025). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 3 March 2025.